A Look Back At

Born in 1977

What Was Life Like in 1977?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Malcolm Fraser

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.12

Loaf of Bread

$0.45

Average House

$32,000

Weekly Wage

$170.00

A selection from Wikipedia's '1977 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

6 February – Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia.
15 May – The Australian Democrats is launched by former Liberal MP Don Chipp at Melbourne Town Hall.
21 May – The 1977 Australian referendum is held. Questions on Senate casual vacancies, referendums and retirement of judges are passed. A question on simultaneous elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate fails.
15 June – The Gleneagles Agreement is unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland.
22 June – The Uniting Church in Australia is formed following the union of the majority of Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Union churches in Australia.
17 September – The 1977 South Australian state election is held. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Don Dunstan is returned to power.
12 November – The 1977 Queensland state election is held, with the Liberal-National coalition led by Joh Bjelke-Petersen gaining their fourth successive victory.
10 December – The 1977 Australian federal election is held. Malcolm Fraser's Liberal/National Country coalition government is re-elected with a slightly reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.